Governor's Office

Membership provides free advocacy to represent owners at city, county, state and federal levels.

Through our lobbying activities in Sacramento, AACSC has saved owners thousands of dollars in proposed legislative and regulatory processes and fees. In 2002 alone, our members saved $100 million from proposed legislation. In 2001 our efforts stopped $30 million in costs from being assessed to our owners. Last year, savings to the rental housing industry were incalculable.

On the local level, we defeated rent control in Huntington Park and opened the trash hauling process in Hawthorne, reducing fees for property owners by 30 percent. AACSC was also involved in stopping Pasadena rent control initiatives and supported Santa Monica rental housing owners with a letter brief to the California Supreme Court.

Owner input is reflected in new relocation ordinances and efforts to stop mandatory inclusionary zoning.